Arati Prabhakar

Arati Prabhakar (born February 2, 1959) is an Indian-born American engineer and politician. She was the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy from 2022 until 2025. She is a founder and the CEO of Actuate, a nonprofit organization. 

In June 2022, Prabhaker was nominated to be Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) by President Joe Biden. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 22, 2022 and sworn-in the following week.PN2267 — Arati Prabhakar — Executive Office of the President

She headed National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) from 1993 to 1997, and was the first woman to head NIST.Gibbs, W. W. (1995) Profile: Arati Prabhakar – Engineering the Future, Scientific American 272(4), 44–48.

Prabhakar was born in New Delhi, India and her family moved to the United States when she was three. At first, her family moved to Chicago and later to Lubbock, Texas.

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